Well for a start off, what level of gaming do you want? Serious high end £1200+? Or something averagely decent?

The specs in my sig are from a Lenovo APU system with dual graphics cards (works a treat on all games except those benchmark games like crysis and BF3) only cost me £499. A really good mid ground laptop. I can play a varity of games (not indie titles either!?) @ medium to high settings. I get a solid 60fps on blops2 oh medium and 45/60 on high.

Tl:dr what you looking to spend and what type of specs? Low med high end gaming?

I would not bother with a gaming laptop. They are far too expensive, and for the most part you can't upgrade them the way you do a desktop PC.

If you are Scrooge McDuck, and you're swimming in gold, I guess you can drop $2000 to do what a $1000 (upgradeable) desktop can do. It's really a bad value any way you slice it.

I hate posts like this. Until the tc states a purpose, assume he has a reason for wanting a laptop. For all the value of a desktop, mine still can't be taken with me on my frequent travels. I'm assuming the same is true for most people.---i5 2500k @ 4.4| Corsair H60 | EVGA GTX 670 | MSI P67A-GD55 | 8GB DDR3 1600 | Fractal Design Define XL | 750W PSUhttp://tinyurl.com/bsdvav7

#7BogePosted 9/17/2013 5:56:32 PM

He's new to PC gaming. Perhaps he doesn't realize that you can get a good performing Desktop for $1000, or the same performance Laptop for $1400.---Don't lie to someone who trusts you.Don't trust someone who lies to you.

#8JavelinPosted 9/17/2013 5:59:12 PM

1. Too general a question.

2. Around $1200 for a good one. $1000 should be the absolute minimum for a "gaming laptop".

3. Yes, bu not in the way most people think. Forget that Alienware exists, and don't buy one from the business supply OEMs like Acer. If you want a true gaming laptop, get a Sager/Clevo.

All that said, unless you have some special circumstances where you absolutely need a laptop, get a desktop for gaming.---MSI Z77A-GD55 | Intel Core i7-3770K | Kingston HyperX 8GB | EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB

#9ThunderPotatoPosted 9/17/2013 6:06:14 PM

Don't ask about gaming laptops here, everyone likes to pretend every game is Crysis 3 specs or higher and that no laptop on the face of the earth could ever run a game past 10 fps.

tldr :Laptops stole PCH's gf.(allegedly)---Draven: He's the hero GameFAQs deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

#10BilliePilgrimPosted 9/17/2013 6:11:49 PM

Boge posted...

He's new to PC gaming. Perhaps he doesn't realize that you can get a good performing Desktop for $1000, or the same performance Laptop for $1400.